Will genetically modified crops help feed the world?
No of course not, no one is interested in the starving because they have no money. Gene manipulated crops are only there to grow more crops, bigger to make more money for the greedy scum which run this world. No matter about the side effects. Theres enough food produced to feed the world 3 times over already, but its not getting to those who need it, its getting thrown away, binned. Sad very sad world.
They should – but probably won’t. 23,000 people die of starvation every day – I really can’t get my head round that; but what’s worse is that if all the grain used to make beer in America was given to people in developing countries, every single one of those deaths could be prevented. Sadly politics, not science holds the key to this, and GM crops probably offer more benefit to western economies than to starving Africans. GM crops do offer some hope though – for example increasing drought resistance will increase yield per amount of water – a definite plus for the developing world, but GM plants are being abused by big companies like Monsanto who persuade farmers to switch to their infertile GM varieties and then charge them every year for the seed. Many GM varieties will also not be licenced in certain countries (generally the poorest ones) because wild varieties are found there and there would be associated environmental risks if these interbreed with the GM varieties. It’s very sad
I’m really against genetically modified crops. For one thing, they were modified so they would have a higher tolerance for pesticide application. Other crops wilted and died with the pesticides. More pesticides on crops is not a good thing for people or for the land. In the United States there was very little testing on the effects of these new plants on humans and with very little discussion or oversight these crops are now grown extensively here. One reason for more people going organic is that we can no longer trust our government to do the best thing for the people. It’s best to aviod all gm crops in my opinion. Hard to do now since almost every thing has by-products of these crops. Like corn syrup, it’s in so many of our processed foods.
